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Behind Canada’s Trudeau-induced decade of decline

As Canada stares down economic uncertainty and various threats to our prosperity, a new National Post analysis reveals that our starting position is much weaker than it otherwise could have been. In his new piece, The 13 Charts That Prove the Lost Liberal Decade, deputy comment editor Jesse Kline lays out the data that reveals stagnant per capita GDP growth, declining living standards, an affordability crisis, expanding government and an erosion in social cohesion. Read More
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Jesse Kline: Carney’s fiscal update denies reality, gravity to save the whales

Modern Canadian budgets have become little more than an opportunity for the government to sell Canadians on how great a job it's doing. But the Carney Liberals' spring economic update, which was tabled on Tuesday, is so gravity-defying, it might as well have been lifted from a "Star Trek" script. Read More
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Jesse Kline: Carney’s ‘sovereign wealth fund’ an admission of Liberal failures

The Carney government's recent announcement that it will be setting up a sovereign wealth fund to "invest in strategic Canadian projects" and ensure the returns "are shared with Canadians" lifts the veil on the prime minister's apparent belief that there's nothing the private sector does that Ottawa can't do better. Read More
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